Comments on: And Also, That Soul Patch Is Ludicrous

By: MTJ

MTJ — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:00:20 +0000

Brandon Inge has turned off his stalwart Tigers fans with his sissy attitude (i don’t wanna catch daddy) so much that they should GIVE him away to any takers. (and pay his RIDICULOUS Randy smithesque salary) what were they thinkIng?

By: St. Louis Cardinals » Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Brandon Inge

St. Louis Cardinals » Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Brandon Inge — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:04:54 +0000

[...] Mike Scioscia’s Tragic Illness lists about 437 reasons the Dodgers should not be interested in Inge, noting that the Dodgers would end up downgrading at third base, paying more salary to do so and weakening their bullpen in the process. And yeah, they don’t like his facial hair either. [...]

By: CarolinaBlues

CarolinaBlues — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:16:52 +0000

“Accordning to the stats used to measure defense, Inge is the best defensive Third Baseman in the majors.”

Accordning to the stats used to measure offense, Inge is the worst offensive Third Baseman in the majors.” ;)

By: Lexinthecityofroses

Lexinthecityofroses — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:42:09 +0000

Accordning to the stats used to measure defense, Inge is the best defensive Third Baseman in the majors. I still think the Dodgers are being rediculous in not giving LaRoche the job…Remember, if not for injuries, Russ Martin and James Loney might still be trying to “earn” a job this spring.

By: grabarkewitz

grabarkewitz — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:32:13 +0000

Can’t we just trade Pierre and get nothing back? I would be happy with that.

Brandon Inge…eek!

By: Tiger Fan

Tiger Fan — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:13:44 +0000

I can’t find the original media reports, but if you Google “brandon inge ted williams babe ruth” you’ll see a few references to it. It was pretty well reported on here in Detroit when he said it.

One of the Google hits is labeled “Mossisms – 2008, week 7″ which is from a local blog that is pretty funny sometimes. This particular blog post rips him for letting his wife speak up for him (when he wasn’t speaking to the media), talking about how getting replaced by Cabrera was so tough for him to deal with. You know, how hard it was for Brandon to get out of bed each day after the trade was made. Just broke his wittle heart, the poor baby.

By: Shark

Shark — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:46:32 +0000

Yes, he really said that. Here’s a neat piece from a news story this past September, where he blames others for his own garbage plate appearances:

The point about adjustments, Inge believes, has everything to do with this season’s headaches.

“Big time,” he said. “What’s funny is that I saw a stat on FOX that said, in 2005, 39 of my hits had gone to right field. This year, they said only 13 of my hits had gone to right.

“Well, in 2005, they pitched me everything away. So I slapped the ball to right field.

“Then, last year, they started throwing me change-ups and breaking balls in, a bunch of which I was able to hit out of the ballpark.

“This year, there’s no pattern. They’re all over the place on me.”

By: Mike Scioscia's tragic illness

Mike Scioscia's tragic illness — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:10:26 +0000

Hah! Tiger Fan, you’ve completely changed my mind on the whole thing. Brilliant post. Bring him on!

(please tell me that he didn’t really say he was being pitched to like Ruth and Ted, did he? really?)

By: Tiger Fan

Tiger Fan — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:02:09 +0000

C’mon – don’t you know B. Inge is a gold glove caliber 3B (if you don’t count all those easy plays where he launches the ball into the stands or right field)? That only shows what a powerful arm he has.

Don’t let that .241 career average scare you – he can hit a golf ball 300 yards with a fly swatter, and kick a 50 yard field goal with either foot (blindfolded). Such an athlete!

Plus, he’s firmly grounded in reality. When the Tigers signed Pudge Rodriguez, Brandon told the media he thought he was a better catcher than Pudge. And last year when he was struggling (TM Joe Namath), he said that he was being pitched to just like Babe Ruth and Ted Williams would be.

Take our malcontent super-sub, please.